What do you think of the new BYC platform?

[kyeschicks]

My gold feather membership appears to have disappeared too, and I just got it last month.

I love the changes to BYC, many cool options, and it does look nice. I DO appreciate all the hard work and planning that went into it.

That said, I live in a remote area where I speed internet is not an option – really, it’s not. We did get cellular internet, which gives a decent speed, but even at work where I have high speed IE 8, this is very difficult to use. I can’t leave comments to pages, reply to posts (this took a TON of tries), I just get the little moving bars like it’s trying to load. Same when I scroll over forums, I get no drop down, it just tries to load. I cannot view many pictures for some reason, only a red X, but others can view the pictures, so the picture is there. The speed of this is a major obstacle. I guess I wasn’t around when that survey took place, but like I said, it’s very challenging even on my work computer and my phone. Overall it is difficult to use.

I am certain these things will be worked on, and I don’t want to be a big complainer. I am stating this because unless HELPFUL criticism is given, we cannot fix what’s wrong. I feel that people may leave BYC if it remains this challenging to use. If it loads better and operates as intended, these options and this new look will make BYC AMAZING!!!

As for the people being mean and negative regarding the changes, PLEASE try to give helpful detailed info on what is wrong and give this a chance to be fixed. I can only imagine what a task this change was, and due to growth of BYC, I’m sure it was necessary. The new BYC has been up for less than 24 hours – let’s state what’s wrong and give our BYC staff a chance to work on it. Also, I’ve heard time and time again, changes are necessary for a social site to stay successful. As much as people complain about change, they get bored without it and will move on. This is why you find changes to social media sites so often. BYC was due for an upgrade, so let's try to appreciate it!

Is it just me...or have you posted this multiple times?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I actually like it so far, but that 'recent reviews' takes up a good chunk of screen space. Is that something that can be turned off somewhere?

Apparently only if you pay.

 

[hemet dennis]

Well this is my first post on the new system. I have a 5 year old desk top on Time Warner cable with firefox. I have had no problem with speed. I have not watched the video (my bad) but am finding where things are slowly. I have not voted in the poll yet I'm not in a rush to judge yet. I do think this is like moving to a new house, I don't know where everything got put but in a week or so i will. i did find out that holding the ctrl button lets you use your spell check and how to get to a page in the middle of a long thread. nobody likes change just for change but from what was said is we couldn't stay the way it was so they had to change it. I hope everyone finds a way to make the new system work for them and no one leaves as that would be a loss for us all.
good luck to all
now where the hell are the smiles ?

 

[Shayna]

Yes, apparently I've retyped and posted this a BAZILLION TIMES! I'm so sorry, I will try to remove them later. This is part of the issue with my computer not showing the posts correctly and freezing up on me. I can't tell when anything is going through. Don't me to be so repetitive.

 

[Mahonri]

Scrolling is faster and more of the drop down menus work on IE9, but I hate IE9 for so many other reasons.

Maybe I'll just use it for BYC.

 

[yomama]

So this is weird. I started reading this thread today. Got to about page 12, when I decided to skip to the last page. Half way between page 1 and 12, I'm gonna say maybe page 8 or 9 (wasn't paying attention) I noticed that all of the sudden most of the ads were gone on the right, and my screen went to almost the full page. I didn't change anything. I have one ad at the top, by Freedom Rangers, then a list of Recent Reviews, than the currently viewing box. Is this normal? Not that I'm complaining, or anything, but it just seems that alot of people have had to alter things to get a fuller screen, or less ads. I saw the tutorial on you tube, but didn't help me much, as I hardly retain things the first time around. I really haven't navigated too much around. Main complaint for me is just cosmetic. I agree too bright (thank you who ever mentioned adjusting brightness on their monitor. Not sure why I didn't think of that

) And the font outside each thread, not in each thread themselves, but when looking at the rest of the site, seems a bit too small. Before I learned how great most everyone was here on BYC, one of the reasons I came to BYC a few years ago was simply due to the fact that the site was easy on the eyes. Sounds weird, but some of the other poultry sites had the same kind of set up as this does now, and I found in kind of annoying, for lack of a better word. I do appreciate all the hard work that went into this, and I'm sure that I will continue to use the site, though.

Oh, I don't have spell check when I right clicked, so WHOOOO HOOOO for the spell check option on this new site!!!!!

 

[Barred Rocker]

I like it so far. It's going to take some getting used to but I like the set up.

 

[kyeschicks]

Yes, apparently I've retyped and posted this a BAZILLION TIMES! I'm so sorry, I will try to remove them later. This is part of the issue with my computer not showing the posts correctly and freezing up on me. I can't tell when anything is going through. Don't me to be so repetitive.

For some reason I knew this was a glitch/bug

 

[wolftracks]

Well this is my first post on the new system. I have a 5 year old desk top on Time Warner cable with firefox. I have had no problem with speed. I have not watched the video (my bad) but am finding where things are slowly. I have not voted in the poll yet I'm not in a rush to judge yet. I do think this is like moving to a new house, I don't know where everything got put but in a week or so i will. i did find out that holding the ctrl button lets you use your spell check and how to get to a page in the middle of a long thread. nobody likes change just for change but from what was said is we couldn't stay the way it was so they had to change it. I hope everyone finds a way to make the new system work for them and no one leaves as that would be a loss for us all.
good luck to all
now where the hell are the smiles ?

Cows RIGHT??? I want cows darn it! And DANCING Roses!

 

[yomama]

Well this is my first post on the new system. I have a 5 year old desk top on Time Warner cable with firefox. I have had no problem with speed. I have not watched the video (my bad) but am finding where things are slowly. I have not voted in the poll yet I'm not in a rush to judge yet. I do think this is like moving to a new house, I don't know where everything got put but in a week or so i will. i did find out that holding the ctrl button lets you use your spell check and how to get to a page in the middle of a long thread. nobody likes change just for change but from what was said is we couldn't stay the way it was so they had to change it. I hope everyone finds a way to make the new system work for them and no one leaves as that would be a loss for us all.
good luck to all
now where the hell are the smiles ?

The smiles are up at the top menu of the reply box. Click on the smiley face.